Representation of medieval climate fluctuations in Central Asia in the toponymic system: Historical and geographical data by Kulyash Kaimuldinova, Shakhislam Laiskhanov, Duman Aliaskarov, Rakhat Tobajanov, Zhulduz Nizamatdinova

“…The spatial identification of toponyms found in medieval historical sources, their etymological and semantic analysis, determination of the correspondence between toponyms and the present geographical nature of objects are carried out in accordance with the aim of the research. …”
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The Concept of “Homeland” in the Kalmyk Language (based on lexicographic and folklore material) by Galina B. Esenova, Tamara S. Esenova

“…The analysis has shown that in the Kalmyk language there are various means of objectification of the concept “motherland”, which belong to the basic lexicon, etymologized on the Mongolian linguistic soil. Conclusions. …”
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Le traducteur et les italiques. Omniscience et redressement dans Madame Bovary by Sophie Sarrazin

“…Some passages are also rectified (in all the meanings of the word, including the etymological one) by almost every translator. As shown by J.…”
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Ethnosymbolism as a Framework for Early Modern Literature Analysis: Theoretical Reflections on the Identity of the Political Community of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by Skirmantas Knieža

“…Examples from the literature of the 16th-century Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) suggest that the myth of Roman descent, efforts to turn historical battles with Moscow and Ottomans into an epic, etymologization of Lithuania’s name, importance of the Jagiellonian dynasty, and other symbols helped cultivate historical subjectivity and a sense of identity among the nobility and intellectuals. …”
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Notice of suspicion: procedural significance and influence on the methodology of pre-trial investigation by Volobuyev A.

“…The methods of dialectical, historical, comparative legal, etymological and semantic scientific research were used. …”
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Concept, features and types of corruption by L. I. Kalienichenko, D. V. Slynko

“…The hermeneutic method was used during the analysis of the etymological meaning of the term corruption and certain provisions of international legal acts, the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption”. …”
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Observations on old Serbian terminology for iron mining and processing: Želězo and gvozdje by Loma Aleksandar B.

“…In the medieval Serbia, ironsmiths used to be designated simply as ‘smiths’, kovačje, and the designation of both dug and wrought iron was gvozdje, with the adjective gvozděn. Etymologically, OSerb gvozdje n. ‘iron’ is the Common Slavic word *gvozdь, *gvozdьjь ‘nail, peg’, whose plural *gvozdьje was reshaped into a secondary collective in *-ьje, with a semantic switch usually explained by the development ‘wooden nails’ > ‘iron nails’ > ‘iron’. …”
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Dealing with Complexity – Knowledge, design, and management of the built environment by Cesare Sposito, Francesca Scalisi

“…In this view, ‘complex’ should be brought back to its etymological meaning of ‘woven’ or ‘held together’, connecting different forms of knowledge in the virtuous circle of a body of knowledge articulated in a systemic view of the real world based on the principle of ‘co-evolution’ of social and ecological systems (of culture and nature) and the awareness that it determines; on the one hand, the interweaving of multiple causal chains (e.g., although the pandemic crisis is a health crisis it has also become a biological, ecological, economic, social, cultural and spiritual crisis) with interdependent effects, and on the other hand, effects that also retroact on causes since causality is circular. …”
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